Rihanna Owns the Met Gala in Radiant Head-to-Toe Gold
Rihanna’s astonishing red carpet slay at the 2026 Met Gala unbelieveably bested her previous jaw-dropping appearances. Rihanna arrived at the Met Gala red carpet hand-in-hand with A$AP Rocky and wearing a custom creation from the Fall 2025 Couture collection for Maison Margiela. Her best-dressed look consisted of an intricate, long-sleeve bodice encrusted with over 115,000 crystal beads, antique jewels, and intricate chains, each hand-sewn in a process that took 1,380 hours, the fashion house shared in a statement. Riri aced the assignment of this year’s gala — “Fashion Is Art” dress code — with supermodel swagger.
The beauty mogul donned a golden beauty look from her Fenty Beauty line.
“We wanted the beauty look to echo the textures of her dress, so we played up gold and bronze tones around her eyes, complexion, and lips. Her sculpted bronzed cheeks complemented all the angles of the crystals and golden tones of her dress to tie everything together.”– Hector Espinal makeup artist
Rihanna’s look featured the soon-to-launch Fenty Beauty Sun Stalk’r Souffle Pressed Mousse Cream Bronzer amidst a sparkling display of crystals around her eyes. Makeup artist Hector Espinal applied thin layers of cream bronzer, blush, and highlighter to create a dewy and defined complexion, shimmering, golden eyes, and a perfectly outlined lip, that was all rooted in warm, sun-kissed, bronzed tones.
GET THE LOOK: RIHANNA’S 2026 MET GALA GLAM
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Espinal lined the lips in a cool taupe-nude to enhance and complement the gold-bronze
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